Village Idiot

Chuffed Zlatan got his

Messi 1-2, get in. And Pedro with the assist when Henry is off the pitch. And I agree that our left wing is rubbish with Henry. Hopefully the fact we tried to get Robinho means it will be adressed during the winter window.

Fun goal from Deportivo, don't think any of their outfield players touched it before it fell to Adrián. 1-1

What has he done?

Messi gets the 1-0.

Fortunately we only use it in La Liga, if we showed up to a CL game in it we would be the laughingstock of Europe

I love Deportivo's anthem

Good grief, Zlatan, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta all starting together for the first time in what seems fucking ages.

He got a yellow for taking his shirt off when celebrating the goal, and then he got another for kicking an Almería player.

He's going to miss the game against Valencia.

Awww... it was not meant to be I guess. Anyway, Deportivo - Barça in a few. Should be a cracker and certainly not an easy one for us.

Higuaín equalises for Real. Hold in there, Almería!

Minister: Madrid falls to clear the ball after a corner kick and it falls to Uche inside the box.

Almería gets another 1-2 :fwap:

Where's that wanking smilie, dammit!!! EDIT:

Almería equalises

Xerez, who lost 0-2 to Atlético today, seems on the verge of being bought out by Bernd Schuster (they were the first team he managed in Spain).

Well, at least it seems there's a title race afterall. Can't believe ManU is hanging in there with the squad they have this year.

Can't believe Bullard's luck, didn't he just win Player of The Month? Also, how was Downing for you? First league start, isn't it?

Madrid playing against Almería (still 0-0), but I smiled when I saw Van Der Vaart getting the nod instead of an injuried Kaká, and getting the "in the hole" slot that Kaká can never get for himself. Madrid creating lots of chances so far but not taking them. Should be an easy win for them though.

Quote on bbc: id be tempted to give a few of their players a go in the championship tbh atleast as cover Can't believe how toothless Liverpool are without Torres. And why isn't he playing Aquilani yet? He had a cameo a few weeks ago but seems to be kissing the bench ever since.

Isn't gifting ManCity a victory a conflict of interest if you're a ManU employee, though?

Deportivo - Barça in a couple of hours, it should be a cracking game.

I fancy CIV getting out of the group and playing us at R2 really. They seem better than Portugal to me, who are massively overrated (decent defense + Cronaldo and that's pretty much all they have, and he really doesn't perform at the same level when playing for them). Also, Minister, will sub-Saharian teams enjoy "home team" status while playing in South Africa? Or are there rivalries that would prevent that?

Isn't he a Yankee fan?